“There are a lot of photos, a lot of stories, and oh my God, I haven’t even started the process we’ve gone through. We still have two days to go, and it’s too deep to ride a fireball through the atmosphere.” Glover and fellow NASA astronauts Reed Wiseman and Christina Koch, and Canadian astronaut Jeremy […]
“Reed, Victor, Christina and Jeremy, you will take with you on this historic mission the heart of this Artemis team, the courageous spirit of the American people and our partners around the world, and the hopes and dreams of a new generation,” said Launch Director Charlie Blackwell-Thompson. “Good luck, Divine Speed, Artemis II. Let’s go,” […]
In Saudi Arabia, the new moon marking the beginning of the holy month of Shawwal in the year 1447 Hijri was not sighted on Wednesday. Due to which the month of Ramadan will complete 30 days on Thursday. According to Gulf News report, Eid-ul-Fitr will be celebrated in Saudi Arabia on Friday. After fasting for […]
According to the decision of the National Moon Sighting Committee, the counting of the holy month of Ramadan will start from Thursday, February 19. With the Ramadan moon visible, devout Muslims will offer Taraweeh prayers tonight; After having Sehri at night, we will start fasting from Thursday. Earlier, today on Wednesday, fasting in view of […]
“During Apollo 8 in 1968, Bill Anders gave humanity one of the most profound gifts an astronaut can give,” NASA chief Bill Nelson wrote on the social media platform X. “He traveled to the threshold of the Moon and helped us all see something else: ourselves. He embodied the lessons and purpose of exploration. We […]
Chang'e-6 is the first of three high-wire uncrewed missions to the Moon planned by China this decade. Its successor, Chang'e-7, will search the Moon's south pole for water, while Chang'e-8 will attempt to establish the technical feasibility of building a planned base, known as the International Lunar Research Station , Beijing has said that the […]
“During this operation, we mainly checked the status of several instruments by turning on switches and applying loads,” JAXA said on social media platform X. “Although there are some glitches in some of the MBC's functions, it still works, so we are carefully checking its condition,” it said, referring to the multi-band camera used to […]
“SLIM managed to survive a night on the lunar surface while maintaining its communications function!” It added that communications were “terminated after a short time, as it was still lunar noon and the temperature of the communications equipment was very high”. But it also says: “Preparations are being made to resume operations once the equipment's […]
The remaining merchandise was sent on behalf of Intuitive Machines' private customers, and includes 125 stainless steel Mini Moons created by artist Jeff Koons. The cargo can last for seven days before lunar night falls, rendering Odysseus inactive. NASA paid Intuitive Machines US$118 million to ship its hardware under a new initiative called Commercial Lunar […]
In addition to Astrobotic’s failed effort, two other private initiatives folded: Beresheet, run by an Israeli nonprofit, collapsed in 2019; Whereas Japanese company iSpace also had a “hard landing” last year. Only five nations have succeeded: first the Soviet Union, then the United States, which is still the only country that has even put people […]
SLIM’s goal was to create a crater where the moon’s mantle, typically the deep interior layer beneath its crust, is thought to be exposed at the surface. JAXA said the two probes successfully separated — one with a transmitter and the other designed to orbit around the moon’s surface to send images to Earth. This […]
Compared to previous probes that landed “a few or more than 10 kilometers” from the target, SLIM’s reported margin of error of less than 100 meters suggests a level of accuracy that was once thought impossible, 20 of the researchers said. Thanks to the culmination of years of effort, according to JAXA. As technology advances, […]